Issued by India

Issued on Oct 2, 1969

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

All stamps are printed on unwatermarked paper by photogravure process at India Security Press.

With Kasturba :

Description of Design : The Stamp depicts Gandhiji with Kasturba
Designed by : Shri Suraj Sadan, Artist of Delhi
Colour : Brown
Denomination : 20 Paise
Overall Size : 3.34 X 2.88 cms.
Printing Size : 2.98 X 2.52 cms.
Perforation : 14 x 13½
Quantity Printed : 8 million
Number per issue sheet : 42

Father of the Nation :

Description of Design : The stamp depicts Gandhiji in a happy mood
Designed by : Shri P. B. Chitnis, India Security Press
Colour : Orange and Raw Sienna
Denomination : 75 Paise
Overall Size : 3.91 X 2.90 cms.
Printing Size : 3.56 X 2.54 cms.
Perforation : 13 x 13
Quantity Printed : 3.5 million
Number per issue sheet : 35

On to Dandi :

Description of Design : The stamp depicts Gandhiji on the Dandi March
Designed by : India Security Press on the basis of the wood-cut by Nandalal Bose
Colour : Bronze Blue
Denomination : Rs 1/-
Overall Size : 4.06 X 2.28 cms.
Printing Size : 3.80 X 2.00 cms.
Perforation : 14½ x 14
Quantity Printed : 2.25 million
Number per issue sheet : 50

At the Spinning Wheel :

Description of Design : The stamp depicts Gandhiji at the Spinning Wheel. The Sun and the Lotus are shown as symbols of ‘Truth’ and ‘Non-Violence’.
Designed by : Shri C. R. Pakrashi, Artist of Delhi
Colour : Orange and Brown
Denomination : Rs. 5/-
Overall Size : 3.91 X 2.90 cms.
Printing Size : 3.56 X 2.54 cms.
Perforation : 14½ x 14
Quantity Printed : 2.25 million
Number per issue sheet : 50

Name : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Born on Oct 2, 1869 at Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, British India [now Gujarat]

Died on Jan 30, 1948 at New Delhi, India

About : 

• Gandhiji‘s Dream : India of My Dreams
  • I shall work for an India, in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country in whose making they have an effective voice : an India in which there shall be no high class or low class of people : an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse of untouchability, or the curse of intoxicating drinks and drugs. Women will enjoy the same rights as men. Since we shall be at peace with all the rest of the world, neither exploiting, nor being exploited, we should have the smallest army imaginable. All interests not in conflict with the interests of the dumb millions will be scrupulously respected, whether foreign or indigenous. Personally, I hate distinction between foreign and indigenous. This is the India of my dreams.
  • I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any. Mine is not a religion of the prison house.
  • If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to the inheritance left by our ancestors. If we may make new discoveries and inventions in the phenomenal world, must we declare our bankruptcy in the spiritual domain? Is it impossible to multiply the exceptions, so as to make them the rule? Must men always be brute first and man after, if at all?
• “… In ages to come, centuries and may be millenniums after us, people will think of this generation when this man of God trod the earth and will think of us who, however small, could also follow his path and probably tread on that holy ground where his feet had been…” – Jawahar Lal Nehru
• “Generations to come… will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.” – Albert Einstein
• “The world has lost its greatest figure – perhaps history too, has lost its greatest figure. I pray that India may act according to the spirit of Mr. Gandhi and not that of his assassin and that the whole world will catch his spirit and shall move towards the peace which Mr. Gandhi loved.” – Fenner Brockway
• “… Love, for Gandhi, was a potent instrument for social and collective transformation. It was in this Gandhian emphasis on love and non–violence that I discovered the method for social reform that I had been seeking for so many months…” – Dr. Martin Luther King (Jr.)
• “There is no doubt Gandhi had great spiritual qualities and the one only hope, even though he is not with his people, is that his influence will grow to help them through the years.… One hopes the very violence of his death will turn people away from violence which certainly bring none any good at the present time.” – Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
• “To us Gandhi was one of the saints on the earth; one of the few brave men standing for what he believed is right…” – Mrs. Pearl S. Buck

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Issued by India

Issued on Apr 1, 1969

Issued for : On the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the All-up Scheme, the Posts & Telegraphs Department consider it a great honour to pay its humble homage to this great son of the soil and patriot by bringing out a commemorative stamp in honour of one who had done so much for the P & T Services in this country and for the P & T staff.

Description of Design : The design of the stamp is horizontal. and depicts a portrait of late Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai at the right side of the stamp. At the left top corner aeroplane is shown flying to indicate the Night Air Mail Service which was introduced by late Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai during the year 1949.

Type : Block of 6 Stamps, Mint Condition

Colour : Blue Grey

Denomination : 20 Paise

Overall Size : 3.91 X 2.90 cms.

Printing Size : 3.56 X 2.54 cms.

Perforation : 13 x 13

Watermark : Printed on unwatermarked paper

Number Printed : 30,00,000

Number per issue Sheet : 35

Printing Process : Photogravure

Designed and Printed at : India Security Press

Name : Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Born on Feb 18, 1894 at Masauli, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India

 Died on Oct 24, 1954 at Delhi, India

About : 

• The late Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was one of the most colourful figures in Indian political life in recent years. A man of indomitable courage, he always believed in acting according to his conviction without regard to any personal considerations. He was, in many respects, an extraordinary personality with extraordinary ways but with all that he had a lovable sense of individuality, selflessness and a keen spirit of social consciousness. Above everything else, he had the divine gift of a feeling for others, particularly for the under-dog. He was generous to a fault and his liberality knew no limits.
• Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai the first child in a family of four brothers was born on February 18. 1895 in the village of Masauli in Barabanki District in United Provinces. He graduated in 1919 from the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh and was about to sit for the Bachelor of Law Examination when he felt the urge to respond to Mahatma Gandhi‘s call for non-cooperation and left the college. He started his political career as Private Secretary to the late Shri Moti Lal Nehru. Since then, he had always played a prominent part in the political life of the country. He was for some time the General Secretary and later the President of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Congress Committee. He was a Minister in the State Cabinet and Union Cabinet Minister on two occasions when he held charge of the portfolio of Transport and Communications and then Food & Agriculture.
• His tenure as Union Minister on each of these occasions was marked by several bold innovations. It was through his determination and fore-sight that the Night Air Mail Scheme linking the four major centres of Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Madras via Nagpur was introduced. This directly linked the day air services operating from these four terminal centres and greatly expedited the transmission of mails in the country. This was a real break through in the field of postal communications and the benefit of quick transmission was extended to all First Class mails with the adoption of the All-up Scheme in the country with effect from the 1^st of April, 1949. It is fitting, therefore, that to mark the 20^th anniversary of this landmark in the history of postal services in our country, the Posts & Telegraphs Department are bringing out a stamp in memory of the author of this scheme.
• Even if Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai had been responsible only for the All-up Airmail Scheme, his place in postal history would have been assured. But during his tenure as Communications Minister, he was also responsible for the grant of a weekly off day to all P & T staff, even though it entailed closing down of post offices on Sundays, a measure which evoked considerable public criticism at that time. It was only a man cast in Rafi Ahmed Kidwai‘s mould who could see such a scheme through. Another outstanding achievement of his tenure in office was the setting up of a proper organisation in the P & T Department to deal with public complaints, not only from the aspect of the customer who is aggrieved, but also from the point of view of a public utility department which has a responsibility to find out weaknesses in the organisation and rectify them in time to obviate such complaints. Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai also had conceived the scheme of getting badly needed capital requirements for the expansion of the country’s Telecommunication services from prospective subscribers by the introduction of the “Own Your Telephone” Scheme. His tenure in the Food Ministry, which had proved the grave of many reputations earlier was singularly successful and he was able to lift the controls on food grains.
• Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai is no longer with us, but his fearlessness, patriotism, generosity and love for the poor and the down-trodden will always remain green in our memory.
• As the Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi rightly observed, “He was a true Servant of the people dedicated and able. His untimely death was a great loss to the country.“

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